HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.10.12 - 24598October 12, 1995
REPORT (Misc. #95240)
BY:
IN RE:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - KAY SCHMID, CHAIRPERSON
M.R. #95240, BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS/COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH - AMENDMENT TO THE MICHIGAN MENTAL HEALTH CODE,
SECTION 306
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, adies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above-
referenced resolution, reports with the recommendation that the
resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee,
I move acceptance of the foregoing Report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #952 .40 September 21, 1995
BY: Health & Human Services Committee - Shelley Taub, Chairperson
IN RE: Board of Commissioners/Community Mental Health — Amendment to the Michigan Men-
tal Health Code, Section 306
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS a package of amendments to the Michigan Mental Health Code has been introduced
in the Legislature and is currently under consideration; and
WHEREAS section 306 of the Mental Health Code is proposed to be amended to define a
recipient's county of residence for purposes of financial responsibility for mental health services as "the
county in which the individual maintained his or her primary place of residence at the time he or she
entered...a dependent living setting, a boarding school, [or] a facility"; and
WHEREAS this new language, although ambiguous, proports to maintain a financial linkage for
a recipient to a county in which he or she once lived, even if the recipient has chosen to relocate and
live in a general foster care home, nursing home or other "dependent" setting in another county — a
linkage that does not respect consumers' freedom of choice and control over their own lives:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
opposes the proposed changes in section 306 and recommends that the section read as follows:
For the purpose of section 302, an individual's county of residence is the county in which the
individual maintained his or her primary place of residence at the time he or she entered one of
the following:
(a) a licensed foster care facility, supported independence program or similar dependent
living setting under contract with the Department or a Community Mental Health Services
program, provided that the placement in such dependent living setting was made with the
written agreement of the original county of residence;
(b) a licensed Child Caring Institution, provided that the individual's placement was
funded by the original county of residence; or
(c) an inpatient psychiatric facility operated by, or under contract with, the Department or
a Community Mental Health Services program, provided that the hospitalization was with
the written agreement of the original county of residence.
If an individual is maintaining a primary place of residence in a county other than the county of
residence determined by application of subsections (a) through (c) herein, the individual may, by
written statement at any time, terminate his or her relationship with the original county of
reideiiu elb ebtablished by this section. In such a case the individual's county of residence for
the purpose of section 302 shall become that county in which the individual currently maintains
his or her primary place of residence."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to the
Governor, Oakland County's state legislative delegation, the Michigan Association of Counties and all
Michigan Boards of Commissioners.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Health & Human Services Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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Resolution 495240 October 12, 1995
Moved by Taub supported by Jacobs the General Government Committee Report
be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Taub supported by Jacobs the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Quarles, Schmid, Taub,
Wolf, Amos, Crake, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon,
Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners on October 12, 1995 with the original
record thereof now remaining in my office.
Tn Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 12th dayi...72!ctobe 19La
Lyn /D Allerunty Clerk